The Christian Left

“I started work as an adult in 1957 when Eisenhower was president. You know, that old socialist that fought against the Nazis? The highest tax bracket was 91% of $400,000 and capital gains were regular income. I got a job working at an aircraft parts supplier for $2.35 an hour. Gasoline was 35 cents per gallon and a new Chevrolet Bel Air cost $2,580. Unemployment was 5% and minimum wage was $1 an hour. Eisenhower was building the interstate highway system and paying down the national debt, which was worse than today's from WWII. Translate that to today and my job would pay $25.85 an hour, minimum wage would be $11 an hour, the Chevrolet would cost $28,380, and gasoline would be $3.85 per gallon. It seems everything is in line except the pay for working people. Minimum wage is $7.35 an hour and I defy anyone to find a job starting at $25.85.” --

Right Wing Invents New Bengahzi Conspiracy Theory: Top U.S. Intel Official Is A Liar: pThe Republicans’ new focus of attack in the faux “Benghazi-gate” scandal is Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper, claiming that he lied about the source of changes to talking points on the Benghazi attack given to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice. Yesterday, a DNI spokesperson debunked accusations made by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and other [...]/p

Barney Frank Calls Out Republican Senator: Stop Using ‘Weasel Words’: pRep. Barney Frank (D-MA) challenged the GOP’s implications that the Obama administration or the FBI sat on the Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal until after the election, describing such claims underhanded and unsubstantiated. During an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday with retiring lawmakers Sens. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) [...]/p

Fox Host: People Who Died In Walmart Factory Fire Were Thankful For Their Jobs: pThe 129 Bangladeshis who died in a fire caused by poor fire safety conditions in their garment factory should be thankful for their jobs, according to Fox Business host Charles Payne. Speaking with Neil Cavuto on Fox News this Monday, Payne excused this Sunday’s fire as a rare event and labelled all critics of the [...]/p

Florida Republicans Admit Voter Suppression Was The Goal Of New Election Laws: pFloridians endured election chaos and marathon voting lines this year, largely thanks to reduced early voting hours, voter purges, and voter registration restrictions pushed by Republican legislators. In an exclusive report by the Palm Beach Post, several prominent Florida Republicans are now admitting that these election law changes were geared toward suppressing minority and Democratic [...]/p

GOP’s Benghazi Conspiracy Falls Apart: White House Didn’t Change Susan Rice’s Talking Points: pIntelligence officials told CNN that the intelligence community, not the White House, changed the now infamous Benghazi talking points given to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice before her appearance on several morning news shows in September. CNN quoted both the spokesperson for the Director of National Intelligence and an anonymous official “familiar with the drafting of [...]/p